| Category | Name | Othername | Zone | Size | Growthrate | Water | Pollination | Bloom | Color | Time | Light | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrubs | BLACK KNIGHT BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia davidii | ( | 6 x 4 | Fast | X | Large showy dark purple flower spikes in late summer; can die to ground and reco More ... | |||||||
| Shrubs | PETITE PLUM BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia davidii | ( | 4 x 4 | Medium | X | Like above but with light purple flowers | |||||||
| Shrubs | ROYAL RED BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia davidii | ( | 6 x 4 | Fast | X | Like above but with very large purple-red flower spikes; best "red" variety | |||||||
| Shrubs | TRICOLOR BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia davidii | ( | 6 x 4 | Fast | X | Like above but with 3 different color plants in one pot | |||||||
| Shrubs | SUNGOLD BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia x weyeriana | ( | 4 x 4 | Medium | X | Like above but with clusters of golden-yellow flowers along the branches | |||||||
| Shrubs | WEYER'S BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia x weyeriana | ( | 4 x 4 | Medium | X | Like above with clusters of apricot to golden flowers along the branches | |||||||
| Shrubs | SIBERIAN PEASHRUB | Caragana arborescens | 2 | 12 x 10 | Med-fast | XX | Showy yellow pea-like flowers followed by brown beans; good screen; looks nice p More ... | |||||||
| Shrubs | BLUE MIST SPIREA | Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist' | 5 | 4 x 4 | Fast | XX | Fragrant silvery foliage topped by light blue flowers in late summer; bees like More ... | |||||||
| Shrubs | DARK KNIGHT SPIREA | Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' | 5 | 4 x 4 | Fast | XX | Like above but with darker blue flowers | |||||||
| Shrubs | WINTERFAT | Ceratoides lanata | 4 | 1 x 3 | Medium | XXX | Native with silvery foliage topped by woolly fruits on female plants | |||||||
| Shrubs | BIRCHLEAF MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY | Cercocarpus montanus | 2 | 5 x 5 | Medium | XXX | Native with leathery leaves; fuzzy twisted seed tails in late summer | |||||||
| Shrubs | CAMEO FLOWERING QUINCE | Chaenomeles speciosa 'Cameo' | 5 | 4 x 4 | Medium | X | Profusions of double apricot-pink flowers | |||||||
| Shrubs | SUPER RED FLOWERING QUINCE | Chaenomeles speciosa 'Super Red' | 5 | 6 x 6 | Medium | X | Large bright red blooms before the leaves appear | |||||||
| Shrubs | FERNBUSH | Chamaebatiaria millefolium | 5 | 5 x 5 | Med-fast | XX | Clusters of white flowers in summer attract butterflies; ferny foliage | |||||||
| Shrubs | DESERT WILLOW | Chilopsis linearis | ( | 6 x 5 | Fast | XX | Showy lavender flowers with deeper throat markings; often dies back in winter bu More ... | |||||||
| Shrubs | RABBITBRUSH | Chrysothamnus nauseosus | 3 | 4 x 4 | Fast | XXX | Blue stems with thin leaves; showy golden flower clusters in fall; native and to More ... | |||||||
| Shrubs | TALL BLUE RABBITBRUSH | C. nauseosus albicaulus | 3 | 6 x 6 | Fast | XXX | Like above but larger and bluer leaves | |||||||
| Shrubs | DWARF BLUE RABBITBRUSH | C. nauseosus nauseosus | 3 | 3 x 4 | Fast | XXX | Like above but more compact | |||||||
| Shrubs | CARDINAL DOGWOOD | Cornus sericea 'Cardinal' | 3 | 8 x 8 | Fast | M-X | Bright red stems very showy in winter; red fall color; tiny white flowers | |||||||
| Shrubs | ISANTI DOGWOOD | Cornus sericea 'Isanti' | 3 | 5 x 6 | Fast | M-X | Like above but shorter and with dark purple-red fall color | |||||||